Praxis Seizure: Dallas 2000 Results

We had an excellent turnout this 3rd of June 2000.  We played
at Project A-Kon 2K, and had 14 players show up in addition to
the judge.  The best prior Texas DCI tournament had only eight.

We had 7 Dallas players, 1 from Charlotte, North Carolina, 
1 from Lafayette, LA, 1 from Columbus, Ohio, and 4 players from Austin.

We had two tables of 5 and one table of 4 each round.  We only
had one table time out due to the persistence of a Ravnos deck
that simply couldn't be killed.

We only had one table swept, but all of the games (except the one
that timed out) only had 2 people with victory points each round.

We had a wide variety of decks, some that were very focused, 
while others seemed to lack cohesion because of the extent
of the various things they were trying to do.

Delaying Tactics, Information Highway, Elysium, Majesty, 
Sudden Reversal, and some form of bleed bounce seemed to be 
the most popular cards making appearances in most decks.  

Toreadors were also very popular this tournament.

The players names, and their decks:

Ethan Burrow			Princely Weenie Dominate
David Edelstein			Princes Just Say No
Matt Heslin			Same Old Ventrue
William Dockendorf		Bleed of the Weenies
Norman Brown Jr.		Spiridonas The Boxer
Michael W. Jones		Toreador Vote/Bleed Deck
Jay Kristoff			Unnamed Presence Deck
Chester Zink			Toreador Run-N-Gun
Liz Dockendorf			Presence Bleed Deck
Kelly Nine			Environmental Ravnos
TJ Fullington			Brujah Bleed!
R. Brian Smith			Aching Changes
Byran Landry			Toreador Celerity Weapons
Dale Millard			Corruption

Matt Heslin led the way into the finals with 10.5 victory points.
William Dockendorf was close behind with 8 victory points.
Ethan Burrow had 7 victory points.
Norman Brown Jr. (X-Zealot) had 4 victory points.
David Edelstein just edged out Michael Jones with tournament points,
as they both had 3 victory points.

In the final round, Norm preyed on David, David preyed on Matt, 
Matt preyed on William, William preyed on Ethan, and Ethan preyed 
on Norm.

David was able to oust Matt as Matt's hand was jammed with Obedience
and combat cards, while David was doing the sexy bleed thing with
Seduction and/or Jost.

Ethan ousted Norm with a Misdirection / Sleeping Mind combo,
preventing Norm's Second Tradition from keeping him alive.

Ethan then ousted David, then William with an all out rush
of weenies bleeding as it was simply a matter of time before
Williams' weenie deck would be able to overcome Ethan.

Individuals involved in the games may post more later, I
am still emotionally drained from having to copy everything
over from the Archon tournament report by hand onto paper
then into my Quattro Pro spreadsheet so that I could use
the information, although it was a great help during the
tournament.

The following is the official list of ratings changes for
the Methuselah's participating in the tournament:

Name			Old Rating	Rounds		New Rating	VEKN #
Ethan Burrow		3007		4		3125		2030001
David Edelstein		3000		4		3073		1000272
Matt Heslin		3000		4		3107		1000193
William Dockendorf	3000		4		3029		1000402 
Norman Brown		3040  		4		3051		2230010
Michael Jones		3055		3		3063		2140001
Jay Kristoff		3000		3		3034		1000317
Chester Zink		3000		3		3003		1000360
Elizabeth Dockendorf	3000		3		2953		1000347
Kelly Nine		3023		3		2966		2030006
TJ Fullington		2924		3		2882		2030010
R. Brian Smith		2984		3		2920		2030009
Byran Landry		3000		3		2913		1000403 
Dale Millard		3000		3		2914		1000291


The following is Ethan Burrow's Winning Deck:
Princely Weenie Dominate

Crypt:

Samson
Jing Wei
Constanza Vinti
Gloria Giovanni
Cameron
Ohanna
Donal O'Connor
Royce
Sir Walter Nash
Gilbert Duane
Mustafa Rahman
Christine Boscacci


Library:

Action:
	The Third Tradition: Progeny x7
	Govern the Unaligned x10

Action modifier:
	Foreshadowing Destruction x6
	The Sleeping Mind x4
	Conditioning x7

Combat:
	Open Grate x4
	Dodge x6
	Fake Out x8

Master:
	Misdirection x10
	Dominate x6
	Secure Haven x3
	The Parthenon x2
	Minion Tap x3
	The Barrens

Reaction:
	Deflection x5
	Redirection x2
	Pulling Strings x3